Seasonal variations and source estimation of saccharides in atmospheric particulate matter in Beijing, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 365-377

  Liang, Linlin ^a,b   Engling, Guenter ^c,d   Du, Zhenyu ^b,e   Cheng, Yuan ^b   Duan, Fengkui ^b   Liu, Xuyan ^b,f   He, Kebin ^b  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e National Research Center for Environmental Analyses and Measurements   (China)

^f NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Beijing; Emission sources; PM10; PM2.5; Sugars

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOCATALYSTS; FACTORIZATION; POLYOLS; SUGARS; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; BEIJING; EMISSION SOURCES; PM10; PM2.5;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; SUGAR ALCOHOL; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; AEROSOL; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; HEMITERPENE; ISOPRENE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENTANE; SOIL;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOPRENE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; URBAN SITE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARVEST PERIOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WHEAT; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOIL;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AEROSOLS; AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; BEIJING; BUTADIENES; CARBOHYDRATES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMITERPENES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENTANES; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 84958952425     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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